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Avalanche Lake, Adirondack Mountains, N. Y.

Writing a Nature Poem

Use ample description. How does this aspect of nature makes you feel? Use sensory details. Choose words with appropriate connotations--if the subject is positive, use positive connotations, if negative, use negative connotations, if ambivalent, use ambivalent connotations.

Life in the Middle Ages in Britain

What was life like in the Middle Ages in Britain? Write a ballad, a monologue, or a letter to someone about what you witnessed or experienced as a person living at that time. See p. 150 in the textbook for details.

Racism

What defines racism? Is it simply using forbidden racial slurs or is it something else? Please explain with examples of people who exhibit racism.

Victor Frankenstein

It's alive!

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Forbidden Knowledge in Frankenstein

What was the knowledge Victor Frankenstein sought? Why forbidden? Was it worth it?(Add a quotation from the novel that illustrates these ideas.) In a second paragraph, comment on someone who also sought "Forbidden Knowledge" today.

Riddles

Post your own riddle. Do not include the answer, which you will reveal later. The riddle should include clues, some misdirection, and an invitation to solve the riddle or name the object.

Comment on three other riddles: solve them and discuss how effective each one was.